Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CYSTOTOMY

n.[Gr. , a bladder or to cut. ] The act or practice of opening encysted tumors, for the discharge of morbid matter.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CYSTOTOMY

Cys *tot "o *my (ss-tt "-m ), n. Etym: [Gr. cystotomie.]

 

Defn: The act or practice of opening cysts; esp. , the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cystotomy

cys tot o my |sisˈtätəmē sɪˈstɑdəmi | ▶noun ( pl. cystotomies ) a surgical incision into the urinary bladder.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cystotomy

cystotomy |sɪˈstɒtəmi | ▶noun ( pl. cystotomies ) a surgical incision into the urinary bladder.